Example sentences of "[Wh adv] he do [adv] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gedge can not remember a time when he did not want to be in a pop group . |
| 2 | But today , when he did n't appear at Horseferry Road Magistrates Court in London , the court was told that he was still unfit . |
| 3 | How can the poor woman explain that , probably like the majority of wives , she loved him most of the time , when he did n't snore in her ear all night or shout at the kids or keep her short of Bingo money . " |
| 4 | I am a fan and I can not understand why he does n't sell in the David Lodge league , for he well worth recommending . |
| 5 | Cross-examined by John Griffith Williams QC , about why he did not stop for the children , he said that he was concerned not to hit them and instinctively moved away into the fast lane . |
| 6 | It is reported that an Oxford don , was asked , in the 1914 war , why he did not volunteer for the defence of civilization . |
| 7 | A little later Bacon appeared , walked up to their table and asked Minton why he did not look after his back numbers . |
| 8 | ‘ I wonder why he did n't speak of the Friar ? ’ |
| 9 | She wondered why he did n't step across it ; he reminded her of the white mice they had let out of the cage one day . |
| 10 | Did Boy ever ask himself why he did n't dream about men , when he got home from The Bar — why he had instead these strange dreams of shoots , bulbs and roots ; roots kept in the dark , waiting to flower , needing a gardener 's attention ? |
| 11 | Masklin would be the first to admit that he did n't understand about jets and engines and machines , so maybe that was why he did n't worry about travelling in them . |
| 12 | But when she made a last appeal , and told him , though feeling it was not quite true , that Martha had asked him to bring her father back , and then , very unwisely , referred again to Mrs Hodge , and the house , and the single bed , and even the temple bells , and asked him why he did n't come to his senses and whether he did n't think he 'd be happier living with a woman , whether she was on a boat or not , he turned on her , upsetting the bowl of water in front of the gas fire , and shouted : |